Agricultural implement



(No Model.)

' P. HORST.

AGRIGULTURALY IMPLEMENT.

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'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN HORST, OF MOORESTOVVN, NEV JERSEY.

AGRIUL'l-URAL IMPLEMENT.

:SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,597, dated July 8,1884.

Application Afiled November 22, 15383. (No model.)

To rtl whom t may concern:

Be it known th at I, FRANKLIN HORST, acitizen ofthe United States,residing at Moorestown, in the county of Burlington, State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in AgriculturalImplements, which improvement is fully set'forth in the followingspecifica-tion and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a top orplan view of an agricuitural implement embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa front view thereof. The remaining eight views are views of detachedparts enlarged, Fig. t being a section in line m w, Fig. 3; Fig. 5, asection inline y y, Fig. 3; Fig. 6, a section inline e e, Fig. 7, Fig.7, a section in line w ,Fig. 6; Fig. 9, a section in line y'y, Fig. 4;and Fig. 10 a section in line e e', Fig. 4, Fig. 3 being a sectioninline bx bx, Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a view of the portion in line ax ax,Fig. l, enlarged.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of an agricultural im- 2 5 plement, which isconvertible into a plow, planter, cover-er, cultivator, Ste., as will behereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a horizontallyextending beam, towhich the 3o draft tongue or pole B is attached, said beam being ofangular form or manysidd in crosssection, the same being triangular,square, hexagonal, Src., as desired. On the beam are iitted a series ofsleeves, C, the inner faces 3 5 whereof conform to the angular contourof the beam, and the outer faces are rounded or cylindrical; and freelyencircling said sleeves C are sleeves D, with each of which is'connected avertical socket, E, it being noticed 4o that each sleeve Chas at one end a flange or head, a, and at the other end a collar, b,between which. ilange and collar the sleeve D is tted. The end of thesleeve D, contiguous to the flange c, has a series of openings, c, ar-

ranged in curvilinear direction adapted for the engagement of aspring-bolt or fastening-pin,

F, wheh is fitted in the iiange or head c of the sleeve C, wherebyprovision is made for ad justably rotating the sleeve D on the sleeve C.

5o The sleeve C may be shifted laterally on the beam A, and when setwhere required is se- `cured by a screw, C", which, it will be seen,

`ing form, raised at the center of the inner passes through the collar band sleeve C, thus holding said collar in position and tightens on thebeam. The socket E has within it asleeve, G, the inner face whereof isof angular form, or many-sided in cross-section, the same beingtriangular, square, hexagonal, 85e., as desired, to conform to thecontour of a shaft or bar, H, which, fitted within the sleeve Gr, hasits lower end formed with or secured to a journal, J, on which ismounted a disk, K, it being noticed that the sleeve G has at one end aflange or head, e, and at the other end a collar, f, be tween whichflange and collar the socket E is fitted. The end of the socket Econtiguous to the ange e has a series of openings, e', arranged incurvilinear direction,`adapted for the engagement of a spring-bolt orfasteningpiu,`L, which is tted in the ilange e of the sleeve G, wherebyprovision is made for adjustably rotating the socket E on the sleeve G.The bar H may be raised and lowered in the sleeve G for the verticaladjustment of the disk K, and when said bar is in proper position it issecured by a screw, lvLwhich, it will beseen, passes through the collarf and sleeve G, thus holding said collar in position, and

tightens on the bar H. The disk K is of dish- 8o face, as at K', and thehub is lengthened, as at K, forming an enlarged bearing for the disk Kon the journal J. It will be seen that the curvature ofthe disk is fromthe outer edge of saiddisk to the central raised portion, K, forming twodepressions, g, in the cross-seo tions of the disk, whereby, as saiddisk is to penetrate the ground, it accomplishes its work with greaterfacility and less draft, and possesses more strength than where the diskhas itsdepression of an unbroken curvature from end to end of the disk.

To the ends of the beam A are attached Amarking and supporting wheels N,each having broad faces, and at the center thereof a projecting rib orflange, h, the bearing frame or arms of said wheel being attached toavertical bar, P, which is adjustably fitted in a socket, Q, with whichis connected a boss, R, through which the beam A is passed, it beingseen that the contiguous faces of the bar Pand socket Q are of angularform, thus preventing rotation of the bar within the socket,without,however, preventing vertical adjustment of IOO said bar and consequentlyof the wheel N, the socket having a screw, S, forholding the:` bar inits adjusted position. The inner face of the boss R accords with theangular forni of the beam A, thus preventing rotation of the boss on thebeam, without, however, interfering with the lateral adjustment of theboss,- so that the wheel may be set nearer to or farther from the endsof the beam, the boss having a screw, T, for holding it in its adjustedposition.

V represents the drivcrs seat,which is supported at the rear of thetongue B by means y of an arm, W, which is pivoted at opposite ends tothe tongue andseat, the upper side of the tongue having serrations, or arack, X, with which engages a foot, Y, which is pivoted to the seat V,and serves, in connection with the arm W, to support the seat and permitthe adjustment of said seat to the height desired or required by the'driver, the foot readily engaging with either of the teeth of the rackX, and serving to raise or lower the seat, as is evident.

Z represents a collar, which is secured tothe tongue B and embraces thebeam A, it being noticed that the inner face of said collar conforms tothe angular shape of said beam, and is .A provided with a set-screw,whereby the beam and tongue are securely connected. y

It will be seen that the disks may be adjusted nearer to or farther fromeach other,and set at various an glcs with the ground, or raisedcompletely therefrom, so as to limit the num# ber of disks in service,(see'dotted lines, Figs. l and 2,) it only being necessary to loosen theproper fastening devices, shift the parts laterally on the beam, turnthe bars Hin the sockets E, or rotate the sleeves D, as the case may be,and again tighten the fastening devices. Again, the disks may be raisedor lowered relatively to the desired depth of penetration, and thewheelsmay also be similarly adj usted, it being seen that flanges h serve asmarkers,l and the broad surfaces of the wheel form the treads on whichthe implement is run, and prevent improper sinking ofthe disks into theground.

It is evident, that owing to the various positions which the disks mayassume, the im! plement may be converted into a harr'ow, a i

furrower, a marker, a plow, a eultivator, a corn-plow, apotatoldigger, ahiller, a ridger, 8vo., the same being accomplished by the vcrtical,lateral,y and angular adjustments of the disks and capability ofemploying one or more disks on each side of the center of the beam A,the vremaining disks being out of service without being disconnectedfrom the beam.

rlhe frame` N', which supports a marking wheel, N, or constitutes thebearings for the axis thereof, encircles the wheel from above, and hasav central recess in/its inner face to receive the flange of said wheel,thus providing a scraper for the wheel, and keeping the same cl'ear ofdirt, &c.

Having thus described my invention,what1 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent. is

l. A supporting-beam, a rotary sleeve, and

' a socket attached to said sleeve, in combinaerally on itssupportingbeam, substantially as set forth.

2. In an agricultural implement, a rotary disk, in combination withanonrotatin g sleeve vlfitted on a beam adapted to be adjustedlaterally, a rotatable sleeve encircling the non-rotatable sleeve, asocket connected with said rotatable sleeve, a non-rotatingsleeve ttedwithin said socket, and the bar of the rotary disk connected with thelast-named ro-v tating sleeve, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. In an agricultural implement, a rotary disk and the supporting-barthereof, of anjgular form, in combination with the sleeve G, having anangular inner face, and the socket E, the latter being attached to thebeam of `the implement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.,l 4. The sleeve D,withopenings cat one end, and the encircled sleeve C,with the fastening 3F, and the collar b, combined and operatingsubstantiallyas and for the purpose set forth. 5. Thebar H, the sleeveG, with openings le', and the encircling socket E, with the fastening L,and the collarf, combined and' operlating substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

FRANKLN HORST.

'Vitnesses:

'JOHN A. VIEDERsHnIM,

A. l?. GRANT.

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